Month: May 2022

Sewing, Mail and Knitting! Oh MY!

This week has been a lovely week… Quiet and peaceful… I have been knitting and sewing and enjoying the days so much….

I made a little dress for my little friend Savannah Draper who is going on 4 years old and is my neighbor…. the pattern was super easy and I found it on Etsy for only a few dollars… it has many sizes and is very well designed… the Etsy shop is The Freckled Pear, the dress pattern is the Mayla Dress…My Bernina 770QE sailed through this project!

I had some seersucker fabric in my stash and it has now found it’s life in a cute dress for a little girl…

I ordered some gorgeous faux leather from Emmaline Bags and a one yard piece of fabric that I think will be a pouch or bag… the fabric is a bright and vibrant peacock feather print and the Mora faux leathers I ordered are yummy grades of teal and blue and plumb…. I know I’ll have fun with this one!!!

I have really made progress on my Kaw Valley Wrap this week and have one whole panel finished and am on the second section of the second panel… I plan to block both panels when they are done and joined and then I’ll start on the lace edging… this is such a rewarding project…
At first I thought it would take me most of the summer but I think I will have it done before mid summer easily…. love this gorgeous yarn and pattern!

I hope you are all having a good week and a Happy Mother’s Day!

A Pretty Summer knitting Project..

I have always loved needlework… it doesn’t matter what kind or how difficult..I just love the feel of fiber in my hands and the process of seeing it become something special…

I’ve been a knitter for about as long as I’ve been a quilter which is I think nearing 50 years… I love to knit socks, wraps, sweaters, baby clothes.. I mean you name it and I will love it!

My best friend, Shirley, sent me a special gift for my birthday last February and in March I used it to purchase a pattern and the yarn to knit a lovely wrap that I’ve admired forever! It is the Kaw Valley Wrap pictured below…

The yarn is from Fabulousyarns.com in New York and is a blend of alpaca and silk… it is slightly bigger than fingering weight but is knitting up beautifully! The color is called “Ice”. It’s a very pale blue that sometimes, depending on the light appears to be a soft gray…

I cast on yesterday and am on the second chart for the first panel…the wrap has two panels consisting of three sections each. Each section is a gorgeous lace pattern… this is a charted pattern and I’m using size six needles so it’s really Lacey!

I am planning on knitting on this and a couple of other knit projects in the evenings this summer…

I hope your life is as full of beauty in fiber as mine..❤️

Kaw Valley Wrap